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The best stories being published on the SNO Sites network

Best of SNO

The best stories being published on the SNO Sites network

Best of SNO

380 News Story

May 18, 2023

Junior Hill Top News reporter Braydyn Cyranowicz highlights the 2150 Boy Scout Troup, known for their blacksmithing abilities. If segment C of 380 is approved, the eight-lane freeway will cut through their...

After over a decade spent loving learning, four Knights weigh passion over money and choose to become educators.

Future teachers face obstacles, follow passion

By Ingrid Smith, McCallum High School May 18, 2023

macshieldonline · The S Word, Episode 19, Part 1 — Knights who aspire to be teachers In this episode of The S Word, seniors Thea Krische and Yamini Shekhar join juniors Alex Moses and Hazel Reddy...

PINK FOR PROM: Seniors Vaughn Vandegrift, Peter Wiseman, Max Yehaskel and Alex Gold sing and dance their hearts out at Saturday’s “Under the Knight Sky” prom. Yehaskel and Wiseman stood out in the sea of black and navy suits as the pair opted for bright pink with contrasting, yet coordinating, shirts and ties. While the style decision seemed big to onlookers, for Yehaskel it was a simple choice.

“I like pink, it’s a solid color,” he said. “It almost melted when I ironed it actually. It’s 100% polyester, and I got it from Kohl’s.”

Yehaskel enjoyed prom overall, except when it came to the royalty announcement.

“Someone stole prom queen from me,” he joked. “It was very tragic. But other than that, it was fun.”

As prom marks another milestone at the end of senior year, Yehaskel is ready to sit back, relax and enjoy his last few weeks as a Knight.

“My grades don’t matter anymore [and] after AP tests I’m done,” Yehaskel said. “I’m going to go nuts, and I’m going to start cooking more.”

Caption by Francie Wilhelm.

Students shine like stars ‘Under the Knight Sky’

After four years of classes, COVID and all kinds of change, the class of 2023 kicked of its graduation festivities with the “Under the Knight Sky” prom last Saturday. Prom, which welcomed seniors and...

Stitch Club Promotes Wellness

By Annie Alcorn and Shyam Punnachalil May 12, 2023

Last December, Jordan Shelton, language arts teacher, found a new way to destress: knitting.  Shelton said once she learned the basic stitches, she was surprised at how much knitting helped with her...

NHS Hosts Annual Blood Drive

By Prashu Sidella, Emma Tyulyayev, and Pranav Sriraman May 10, 2023

On average, 7,974 people die each day in the U.S. Of these deaths, 1,670 are due to cancer. For Kayla Gifford, junior, her motives for donating blood stem from her grandmother's passing of cancer. “Donating...

Boys varsity squash scores success

By Hanna Schiciano and Carol Queiroz May 9, 2023

This story was originally published on Tower on March 15, 2023.

Diving Into Dissection

By Magi Temelkova and Rocco Muich May 8, 2023

Mr. Patrick Reed’s ZoBot class has had the opportunity for a hands-on experience dissecting the animals that they learn about during lecture. Students describe their recent starfish dissection lab, what...

Examining how different types of accents affect people’s perceptions of others and themselves.

Accented

By Melody Cui and Angela Zhang May 8, 2023

angelazhang3913 · Accented Some turn bright-eyed while others pass looks – reactions that senior Niko Kocbayindiran has gotten accustomed to after speaking in front of someone for the first time....

Climate activists on campus campaign for change

By Rikka Dimalanta and Alan Ruiz May 8, 2023

In this episode of Room 22 podcast, co-hosts Rikka Dimalanta and Alan Ruiz talk to Daniel Pearl Magnet High School sophomore Francesca Sisk and science teacher Timothy Hughes...

Video: The heart of a gymnast

By Avery Liedl and Kadence Shook May 5, 2023

This story was originally published on OneMaize Media on May 3, 2023.

Dance senior Lindsey Ryerson, theatre senior Mary Keith, and dance senior Alexis Carter do jazzercise moves to the song “Push It” by Salt-N-Pepa in the senior generation dance.

Dancing through History

By Aidan Smith, Dreyfoos School of the Arts May 4, 2023

Denim, spandex, nylon, and neon erupted onto the bleachers as SGA co-presidents communications senior Kate Wagner and strings senior Sofia Plaza welcomed students in the gym to Generation Day activities....

The pen is mightier than the sword, but Macbeth actors learn both

By Carol Queiroz, The Masters School May 4, 2023

Throughout the spring season, student actors have been pushing themselves to learn the art of sword fighting and choreograph elaborate fight scenes. Under the guidance of Upper School Theater Teacher and...

MTC Presents ‘Clue’

By Aiden Burkhardt, Jack Cason, and Elliott Jorgensen May 3, 2023

Marquette Theater Company’s production of “Clue,” a murder mystery, debuted yesterday and will run through Sunday. Rebecca Blindauer, MTC director, said she’s excited for the new, innovative...

Senior Joanna Lin Strings Her Way to Success With Noctua Jewelry 

By Shivani Kondubhatla, WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL - Austin May 3, 2023

Joanna Lin '23 stumbled upon jewelry making while on the hunt for a pastime to remedy the monotony of quarantine. After spending time experimenting with various jewelry styles, and scrolling through Youtube...

Students Organize Annual Special Olympics

By Rue Siddiqui, Elliott Jorgensen, Owen DeArmond, and Parker Brandt May 3, 2023

For the second year in a row, MHS hosted Special Olympics. However, there was a major difference this year: it was led by students.  Lexi Kossmann, senior, spearheaded the organization of the Friday,...

Local boys use St. Baldrick’s Foundation event to support sister, other cancer patients

May 2, 2023

Since 2005, the St. Baldrick's Foundation events have raised over $326 million across the country for cancer research for children. When they first learned about the fundraisers, Conner Bunch, a 6th Grader...

Trumpet player Brandon Yuan 23 rehearses with the Wind Ensemble. The Wind Ensemble is the top performing group in the Westwood Band program, who recently earned an invitation to perform at the prestigious Midwest Clinic in December 2023.

Bond 2018 Project Bolsters Music Department Facilities, Conditioning Longstanding Program Excellence

By Catharine Li, WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL - Austin April 28, 2023

Walking down the newly renovated music wing is both an auditory and visual experience. Tucked away in these specially-designed rehearsal and practice rooms, pockets of community thrive. In RRISD,...

Calling the Derby with Travis Stone

By Aidan Riggs, Saint Xavier High School April 28, 2023

Meet the man in the booth whose voice is heard all across Churchill Downs: Travis Stone. This story was originally published on Xavier News on April 25, 2023.

Class Pets

By Lydia Bruckner, Millard South High School April 18, 2023

This story was originally published on Common Sense on March 27, 2023.

LOVE AND JOY: As she dances in her beautiful dress, sophomore Amy Love reflects on the joy it brings to see her father so happy during the McCallum Quinceañera. I think that this event was really beautiful and fun to experience especially for my dad, seeing him so happy and having my family experience this, Love said. My family isn’t big on doing huge celebrations so me and my sister weren’t able to have a quinceañera, but we loved being able to share this day with all the other quinceañeras and their families. Despite the stress of daily meetings and practices leading up to the event, Love found it all worth it for the fun and memories made on the quinceañera day. It was really stressful doing the whole entire meetings and practice because it was every single day, but whenever it was the actual day of it, it was actually really fun, Love said. Overall, Love found the quinceañera event to be a very meaningful experience, which could not have happened without the hard work of Spanish teacher Juana Gun. I want to give a huge thank you to Ms. Gun for making it all possible and being such a sweet person to all of us, Love said. Caption by Gergő Major.

McCallum Quinceañera celebrates comeback

With extravagant dresses, a smiling crowd and a music-filled dance floor, the fourth-ever McCallum Quinceañera brought students together this past Saturday after years of COVID-induced shutdowns. The...

Lafayette hosts new, student-run International Day

April 17, 2023

Lafayette hosted their first ever International Day on April 6. The event was planned, organized, and executed by Lafayette students. It featured games, stations with information about different countries...

Banned Book Club fights censorship, fosters community, conversation … one book at a time

By Ingrid Smith and Elena Ulack April 17, 2023

When junior Keegan Sarwate heard about schools banning books across central Texas, he knew he had to take action. So he founded the McCallum Banned Book Club.  “I've heard about banned books for...

MHSNews | The Festival of Nations Showcases Diversity

By Linds Avalos, Marquette High School April 14, 2023

When a former MHS student immigrated to the U.S., she started to feel disconnected. Jordan Shelton, language arts teacher and head of the DEI committee, sparked the idea of The Festival of Nations. The...

Brewing opportunities through business

By Ariana Griffin and Jackson Diebold April 14, 2023

This story was originally published on The Catalyst on April 12, 2023.

Wayland community members celebrate the life of Mike O’Connor

By Katya Luzarraga, Charlotte Thirman, and Penelope Biddle April 13, 2023

The video can be viewed here. Conversation fills the cafeteria of Loker Elementary School where Wayland community members exchange stories of the late elementary school teacher Mike O'Connor. Held on...

MHSNews | Reading to Reptiles

By Chloe Schmitt, Marquette High School April 10, 2023

Quarterly, Grant's View Branch invites children and families to come and read books to reptiles. Children could sit near a reptile to read to them, and they could ask questions to learn more about reptiles...

Junior Anna Wiltzer braves the wind and rain with her homemade sign to protest gun violence in Wednesdays student walk out.

Students walk out to protest gun violence amid wind and rain

Not even thunder, lightning, heavy rain, 55 mph wind gusts and a Tornado Watch could deter students from walking out to protest gun violence on Wednesday, April 5. “We are tired of gun violence and want...

Pinball Phenomenon

By Jacob Robinson & Cassie Sun, Marquette High School April 7, 2023

Walking up to the pinball machine, Haley Huber, sophomore, braces herself to begin her favorite sport. Fifteen minutes later, the score is shown. Two billion. Huber started playing last year...

Project Teacher: Providing a helping hand through supporting Wichita-area educators

By Melanie Coombs, Yoshi Ota, Andrew Percival, Taylor Roetzer, and Trinity Zamorano April 3, 2023

This story was originally published on OneMaize Media on March 31, 2023.

A dive into Water Warriors

By Sophia Oppenheim, Selena Liu, and Jenny Shine March 31, 2023

Following its two year hiatus because of COVID-19, The WHS club Water Warriors has officially returned to WHS. Water Warriors began in 2011 when then senior, Isabel Schwartz researched the statistics of...

Theatre senior Mason Materdomini stands in the wings, waiting to go onstage during the theatre department’s in-school performance of the first act of “Pippin” on March 2.

In the Wings

By Aiden Velez, Dreyfoos School of the Arts March 31, 2023

For every performance audiences watch onstage, there is another happening above, below, to the sides, and behind it. Technical theatre students operate a network of light and sound systems, raise and lower...

Emi and Miya Kosakura pose for a photo with their parents on senior night.

Time Out! Ep. 2: Emi and Miya Kosakura

By Dahlia Schilling, Monta Vista High School March 30, 2023

DS: Hello everyone, my name is Dahlia Schilling and welcome to episode number two of Time Out! Each episode we will be diving into the sport scene here at Monta Vista High School and explore the...

The Way Back | Senior basketball player’s return from an ACL tear

By Connor Gunn, De Smet Jesuit High School March 29, 2023

This story was originally published on The Mirror on March 28, 2023.

Swords and storytelling: PV drama’s experiments with stage combat

By Jae Jepsen, Pleasant Valley High School - IA March 24, 2023

This story was originally published on Spartan Shield on February 22, 2023.

Determined debaters

By Ariana Griffin and Nathan Delaney March 23, 2023

This story was originally published on The Catalyst on March 15, 2023.

Behind the Backline episode three: Sarah Holmes of Vixen77

By Veronica Hart, Delaware Valley Regional High School March 21, 2023

Today on 'Behind the Backline,' I sit and chat with the coolest female punk-rocker I’ve ever met. Sarah Holmes a Del Val alumnus and a female punk rock drummer. In honor of Women’s History Month,...

MHSNews | Black History Month: Gentlemen of Vision

By Owen DeArmond, Marquette High School March 20, 2023

The Gentlemen of Vision came to the Marquette Theater on February 23rd for a step dance performance. The Gentlemen of Vision help to secure African American students with a stable future. This story was...

A voice from Ukraine

By Tristin Qualey, Cannon Falls High School March 20, 2023

This story was originally published on Lantern on March 14, 2023.

Video: Breaking down the Blevins wrestling family

By Sydney Lampkin and Kadence Shook March 17, 2023

This story was originally published on OneMaize Media on March 12, 2023.

A Zero Waste Culture

By Maria Fernandez, Coral Gables Senior High School March 16, 2023

Join us in watching The Gables Garden Project participate in their collaborative event with local environmentalist initiative, A Zero Waste Culture. Watch as community members of both Key Biscayne and...

Lisa Licari holds up five cow eyeballs that have yet to be dissected. They are stored in a container with liquid in order to keep the eyeballs fluid intact.

Photo Essay: Scenes of dissection at WEGO

By Sasha Baumgartner, West Chicago Community High School March 16, 2023

On March 9, science teacher Lisa Licari's human anatomy class conducted a dissection of a cow's eyeball. This is one of the many dissections students in this science class takes part in to further their...

FIREFIGHTERS FEEL THE HEAT: Kessler performs another car extraction while the sun beats down and reflects off exposed metal car pieces. As the skill day, which started at 7:30 a.m., progressed into the afternoon, the temperatures rose.

“Once we were like six hours in, holding tools got really hard because the ‘Jaws of Life’ are super heavy,” Kessler said. “I got calluses on my hands even though I was wearing gloves. By the end of it, I could feel my arms and I thought they were going to fall off.”

As tough as the work was, Kessler felt accomplished at the end of the long skill day.

“Getting physical confirmation that you did it right from the actual firefighters, and they congratulate you and say you did a good job, it feels good because its a hard skill,” Kessler said.

Caption by Maggie Mass.

Fire Academy gets heated with ‘Jaws of Life’ exercise

By Gergő Major, Maggie Mass, and Ingrid Smith March 10, 2023

LBJ Fire Academy students visited a junkyard on Feb. 11 for their fourth skill day of the year. This time, the firefighters in training focused on vehicle extrication, the process of removing the vehicle...

Video: Mavericks secret weapon on the mound hopes to help team to second state title

By Noah Byer and Vince Stallard March 10, 2023

This story was originally published on OneMaize Media on March 9, 2023.

Blood Drive Amidst A Nationwide Blood Shortage

By Anya Gruener and Sara Gelrud March 10, 2023

On Feb. 16, HEAL club partnered with One Blood to motivate and help students to donate blood to people in need. "Anyone donating blood can save lives. And so with one donation, you can save up to three...

The Effects of Extracurricular Activities on Students’ Mental Health

By Laney Quandt and Sassy Garcia March 9, 2023

This story was originally published on FHNtoday.com on March 3, 2023.

VIDEO: Silvertones spread love through song

By Rhys Hals '23, Strath Haven High School March 9, 2023

For almost 30 years, Valentine’s Day at Strath Haven has included music-filled halls and interrupted classes. The tradition of Singing Valentines is a student-led event that has been passed down from...

This is the third installment of Research Revelations: Conversations with Our Student Researchers, a podcast where Aquila staff members talk to student researchers about their projects and research goals. In this episode, Aquila reporters Selina Xu and Olivia Xu meet with Anika Mantripragada (11) to discuss her work in medical illustration.

Research Revelations Episode 3: The art of medical illustration with Anika Mantripragada

By Olivia Xu and Selina Xu March 8, 2023

This is the third installment of Research Revelations: Conversations with Our Student Researchers, a podcast where Aquila staff members talk to student researchers about their projects and research goals....

MHSNews | Popularization of Chess Ignites Interest in MHS Chess Club

By Jack Favazza, Marquette High School March 7, 2023

As the game of chess grows in popularity, so too does the MHS Chess Club. Sponsor Rob Durham reflects on the club's evolution, while two chess regulars challenge each other to a friendly game. This story...

Shift to digital note-taking prompts discussion

By Isabella Gibson, Zoe Karibian, and Inez Stephenson March 3, 2023

  This story was originally published on The Standard on March 1, 2023.

Build Race Repeat | Cesare Sera and His Hidden Passion

By Kalle Evjen, De Smet Jesuit High School March 3, 2023

Cesare Sera '25 explores his passion for Remote Control Cars. This story was originally published on The Mirror on March 2, 2023.

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